People will tie in with a fanatic if for no other reason than to break the monotony of their lives. - Mark Clifton

Early in his career Hoskins had realized that no field of science is remote from the affairs of men, that there is a sociological implication inherent even in the simple set of screwing a nut on a bolt.

Instant acceptance of an idea is as self-defeating as instant rejection.

That kind of therapy, the use of force to make a man give up his convictions, has been tried since the dawn of history. I think we should have learned by now that it won’t work.